Strawberry Pretzel Jello Salad

Submitted by: Pam Johnson

Ingredients

• 2 cups crushed pretzel sticks
• 3/4 cup melted butter
• 3 T. sugar
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 8 oz. Cool Whip or Cool Whip Lite
• 2 small packages strawberry jello
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 10 oz packages frozen strawberries

Directions

• Construct 3 layers as follows:
• Mix pretzels, melted butter and sugar, press into a 9x9 baking dish.  Bake at 400 degrees 8 minutes.  Allow to cool
• In a bowl combine cream cheese, sugar and cool whip. Pour over cooled pretzel mixture.
• In a bowl dissolve jello in boiling water, add strawberries.  Slightly cool until slightly thickened and pour over cream cheese layer
• Refrigerate.